US 12,081,822 B2
Service switching for content output
Yuvaraj Nagarathinam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/791,259
Filed by ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/065841
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141752, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,491, filed on Jan. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031530 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4263 (2013.01) [H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a channel change request to a first channel;
tuning a first tuner of a multimedia device to the first channel, wherein the first channel comprises a first service;
identifying a second channel comprising a second service that is associated with the first service;
determining a second tuner of the multimedia device is available;
in response to determining the second tuner of the multimedia device is available:
locking the first tuner of the multimedia device to the first channel, and
tuning the second tuner of the multimedia device to the second channel;
monitoring a signal quality of the first channel;
determining that the signal quality of the first channel is below a threshold quality level; and
switching an output of content from the first channel to the second channel.